WWE Evolution
| WWE Revolution | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown NXT NXT UK | ||
| Date | October 28, 2018 | ||
| City | Uniondale, New York | ||
| Venue | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | ||
| WWE Network event chronology | |||
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WWE Revolution is an upcoming women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands. It will take place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York.[1] It will be the first pay-per-view in WWE history to be comprised entirely of women's matches.
All of WWE's women's championships will be defended at the event. It will also feature the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament. The event was announced on the July 23, 2018 edition of Raw.[2]
Production
Background
On July 23, 2018, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H opened Raw to announce the creation of Revolution, an all-women's pay-per-view. As part of the announcement, it was announced that the WWE Raw Women's Championship, WWE SmackDown Women's Championship, and NXT Women's Championship would all be defended, in addition to the 2018 Mae Young Classic finale.[2] WWE.com later announced that the WWE United Kingdom Women's Championship would be defended as well.[1] Additionally, WWE.com confirmed that Hall of Famers Lita, Trish Stratus and Beth Phoenix would take part in the event.[2]
Storylines
The card will comprise of matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands.[3][4] Storylines will be produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, WWE NXT, and NXT UK.[5]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | WWE Raw Women's Championship match[6] | ||
| 2 | TBA | WWE SmackDown Women's Championship match[6] | ||
| 3 | TBA | NXT Women's Championship match[6] | ||
| 4 | TBA | WWE United Kingdom Women's Championship match[1] | ||
| 5 | TBD vs. TBD | 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament final match[6] | ||
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References
- ^ a b c "Stephanie McMahon announces the first-ever all-women's pay-per-view WWE Evolution". WWE. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ a b c Powell, Jason. "7/23 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns to determine Brock Lesnar's challenger for the WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H's big announcement, The B-Team vs. Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the Raw Tag Titles". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d "WWE Sets First-Ever All-Women Pay-Per-View Event 'Evolution'". 23 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.